Mexico: Consolidation of the Protected Areas System Project (SINAP II)

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2008- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

 

GEF Grant: US$5.44 million

Project Description: The Consolidation of the Protected Areas System Project (SINAP II)  for Mexico aims to assist the Mexican government; Mexico’s Development Banking Institution, Nacional Financiera, and the Mexican Nature Conservation Fund, in their efforts to promote conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity through the consolidation of the Protected Areas System Project.  These resources represent long term financing for three additional biosphere reserves: La Sepultura and El Ocote in Chiapas; and Mapimi in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango. Each one encloses unique biodiversity that faces threat to its conservation and its sustainable use.

 

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For project documents, please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P112327